BACKGROUND: The wall of ovarian dermoid cysts shows various kinds of morphologic patterns. Some of them resemble the features of epidermal and epidermal appendageal tumors. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to classify the morphologic features of the wall of ovarian dermoid cyst from the dermatohistopathologic viewpoint. METHODS: H&E stained slides of 203 ovarian dermoid cysts were reviewed RESULTS: Thirteen different patterns of morphologic features were found. They included features of organoid nevus, sebaceous hyperplasia, steatocystoma multiplex, epidermoid cyst, nevus comedonicus, epidermal nevus, apocrine hidrocystoma, syringoma and trichilemmal cyst. CONCLUSION: Various epidermal and epidermal appendageal tumors may be associated with ovarian dermoid cyst.
Dermoid Cyst* ; Epidermal Cyst ; Female ; Hidrocystoma ; Hyperplasia ; Nevus ; Organoids ; Ovary ; Skin* ; Steatocystoma Multiplex ; Syringoma

No abstract available.
Child* ; Humans

An epidemiological survey on the glycosuria was conducted on the senier students of middle and high school in Seoul, from March 1981 to March 1982. Selected examinee totalled to 254,835 of which 138,116 were male & 116,719 were female. The initial, second and third urine sugar test were done with Combur-test strip(r). Glucose tolerance test was performed on those who were found to have persistent glycosuria. The followings showed the results of the survey. Among the 254,835 examinees, 1,240 were found with initial positive glycosuria. The glycosuria positive rate revealed 0.52% for male, 0.44% for female. Its average was 0.49%. It also revealed that male students in high school had higher positive rate of glycosuria. 2) The persistent glycosuria positive rate revealed 11.58/100,000 for male, 15.42/100,000 for female and its average was 13.34/100,000. 3) Out of the 33 cases with the persistent glycosuria, 60.6% of them were diagnosed as diabetes mellitus. 4) The overall prevalence rate of diabetes was 7.85/100,000. The prevalence rate of male was5.79/100,000, and female was 10.28/100,000. Consequently the rate of male to female was 1:1.78, showing that rates were higher for females than males. The. survey also revealed that the prevalence rate of diabetes was increased with advancing grade. 5) The 70% of the total person who were diagnosed as diabetes, did not recognize of their disease by themselves till the survey was conducted. 6) The frequency of subjective diabetic symptoms were polydipsia, polyuria and polyphagia in order. *Combur-test(r)are registered trade marks of the Boehringer mannheim GmbH Company.
Child* ; Diabetes Mellitus* ; Female ; Glucose Tolerance Test ; Glycosuria* ; Humans ; Male ; Polydipsia ; Polyuria ; Prevalence* ; Seoul

No abstract available.
Glomerulonephritis*

No abstract available in English.
Amputation

The differential diagnosis between Spitz nevus and malignant melanoma is difficult due to similar histologic findings. To obtain the useful aids for the differential diagnosis between two diseases, we studied 13 cases of Spitz nevus, 8 benign nevi of compound and intradermal, and 9 melanomas of primary and metastatic, using the immunohistochemical stain for S-100 protein, HMB.45 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA). The staining pattern and intensity of S-100 protein showed homogenously strong positive reactivity in all cases. The frequency of HMB.45 positive cell in Spitz nevus was significantly lower than that in melanoma. When compared with the usual compound and intradermal nevi, Spitz nevi showed more significantly positive reaction in the dermal component of nevus cells. The expression of PCNA was higher in melanoma than in Spitz nevus. The immunohistochemical stains for HMB.45 and PCNA are considered as a useful methods for differentiation between Spitz nevus and melanoma, while stain for S-100 protein is not helpful.
Diagnosis, Differential

No abstract available.
Nephrosis, Lipoid* ; Proteinuria*

A 14-year-old female patient was seen with a nodular lesion on her left shoulder which developed one month after BCG vaccination. Physical examination revealed a thumb tip sized, irregular surfaced, erythematous scar-like plaque on the left shoulder, and a 2.5cm diameter, movable, subcutaneous nodule without surface change on the left axilla. Histopathologic examination of the plaque on the left shoulder and axillary nodule showed tubercles composed of mononuclear cells, epithelioid cells and giant cells of the Langhans type in the dermis. Caseation necrosis within the typical tubercles was noted. Prominent resolution of the lesion was observed 4 months after oral medication with isoniazid and ethambutol. The subcutaneous axillary nodule which developed after BCG vaccination was thought to be an unusual manifestation of skin tuberculosis.
Adolescent ; Axilla ; Dermis ; Epithelioid Cells ; Ethambutol ; Female ; Giant Cells ; Humans ; Isoniazid ; Mycobacterium bovis* ; Necrosis ; Physical Examination ; Shoulder ; Skin* ; Thumb ; Tuberculosis, Cutaneous* ; Vaccination*

No abstract available.
Biopsy, Fine-Needle*

Twenty-three isolates of Fusarium spp. were obtained from decayed citrus fruits in the fields and storages in 1998-1999. Of them, six and five isolates belonged to F. proliferatum and F. moniliforme, respectively, which were the most common. F. solani and F. sambucinum had each two isolates, F. equiseti had one isolate and seven isolates were unidentified. They produced symptoms of two types in pathogenicity test: those with leathery, beige to light or dark brown, and sunken lesions without surface mycelium (type-1) and those with lesions covered with white, beige or pink surface mycelium (type-2). Four of six isolates identified to F. proliferatum and two unidentified isolates produced type-1 lesions, and all isolates identified to F. moniliforme, F. solani, F. sambucinum, F. equiseti and five unidentified isolates produced type-2 lesions.
Citrus* ; Fruit* ; Fusarium* ; Mycelium ; Virulence